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Surface marking of Kidney

Surface marking of kidney is done by drawing the Morris parallelogram .
Two parallel horizontal lines are drawn on the back at the levels of 11 th thoracic and 3rd lumbar spines.
These two horizontal lines are intercepted by 2 vertical lines drawn 3.75 and 8.75 cm respectively from midline.